lecture: HOME | WORLD Rethinking paradigms of architecture

SUSAN JONES

THURSDAY, October 10, 2019 @19:00
Doors open at 18:30

SUMMARY:
Rethinking paradigms of architectural means of spatial production, the small family home has long been a modernist means of investigation for architects in the 20th century, from Le Corbusier, to Adolf Loos, to Alvar Aalto, to Alvaro Siza to Kazuo Shinohara to Atelier Bow-Wow, just to name a few. The freedom afforded within the realm of intimate risk taking – be it by an individual client or a personal family home – has afforded architects the investigative means to explore the house not only as part of an urban spatial fabric and interior spatial relationships, but often, also the means to explore both material and production methodologies emerging on a larger, international scale.  Susan Jones, FAIA, founder of atelierjones, a small Seattle, USA architectural practice will explore these issues in context of their CLTHouse. Using research as a design tool, the practice seeks out opportunities to explore existing production and ecological systems and then expand them at scale, maximizing disruption of conventional production  methodologies creating broad, systemic change.

VENUE:
RIVIERA SHOWROOM
3-3-5 Akasaka, Minato City, Tōkyō
Sumitomo Life Sanno Bldg. B1 

ADMISSION FEES:
AIA Members: Free
General:  1000 yen
Students:  500yen

CES:
1.5 LU/HSW for AIA members

There will be a wine/snack networking session after the lecture.